The Ondo State Government has disciplined three officials of the State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB) for their alleged roles in a recruitment scam that defrauded unsuspecting applicants during the recent teachers’ employment exercise.
A statement by the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Prince Ebenezer Adeniyan, said the officers were found to have connived with external fraudsters to issue fake employment and posting letters to job seekers in exchange for money.
The scam was uncovered during a biometric verification exercise, where the affected applicants were informed that their appointment letters were forged.
While clarifying reports of a protest by some of the victims at the Governor’s Office in Akure, the government said the protesters were not among the more than 2,000 teachers legitimately recruited for primary and secondary schools, all of whom have already resumed work.
Governor Lucky Orimisan Aiyedatiwa has directed SUBEB to invite the defrauded applicants for a meeting and has set up a committee to further investigate the case.
The government assured the public that appropriate sanctions would be meted out to anyone found culpable in order to protect the integrity of its recruitment processes.
